HEREAFTER is a supernatural thriller fantasy film directed, co-produced, and scored by Clint Eastwood and executive produced by Steven Spielberg. Matt Damon (above) plays the "reluctant psychic" George Lonegan. Actress Cécile de France, who played Marie Lelay, a French television journalist who survives a tsunami, said: "With Clint, we never talk about the emotion of the characters, because he trusts us so much. He just offers you the freedom and the responsibility to build your character as you want to do." Eastwood said he had his own near-death experience when he was 21 and "I was in a plane crash off the coast of Northern California in the wintertime", prompting an interest in the subject of the afterlife. He added: "Most religions seem to ponder the afterlife. But I thought this was interesting because it wasn't really a religious project. It had a spirituality about it, but it was not necessarily tied in with any particular organised thought."